quadrangle

n.

1. Mathematics. Quadrilateral.
2. 1. A rectangular area surrounded on all four sides by buildings.
   2. The buildings bordering this area.
3. The area of land shown on one atlas sheet charted by the U.S. Geological Survey.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin quadrangulum, from Latin, neuter of quadrangulus, four-cornered : quadri-, quadri- + angulus, angle.]

quadrangular quad·ran'gu·lar (-răng'gyə-lər) adj.
quadrangularly quad·ran'gu·lar·ly adv.
quadrangularness quad·ran'gu·lar·ness n.

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A square-shaped land area, 24 miles on each side, used in the Government Rectangular Survey method of land Description. Each quadrangle contains 16 Townships.
Example: See example for Government Rectangular Survey.

noun

An area partially or entirely enclosed by walls or buildings: atrium, close, court, courtyard, enclosure, quad, yard. See place.

1. Figure with four sides in the same plane.

2. Large rectangular inner court around which buildings are erected, such as in Oxford colleges, where it is called quad, and in Cambridge, called court.

Having four angles.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - atriumgård, firkant

Nederlands (Dutch)
vierkant/rechthoek, binnenplein met vier rechte zijden

Français (French)
n. - quadrilatère

Deutsch (German)
n. - viereckiger Innenhof, Block, Viereck

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τετράπλευρο, (αρχιτ.) περίβολος, τετράγωνη αυλή

Italiano (Italian)
quadrangolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - quadrângulo (m)

Русский (Russian)
четырехугольник, четырехугольный двор

Español (Spanish)
n. - patio, cuadrángulo, cuadrilátero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fyrhörning, fyrkant

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
四角形, 中院, 四边形

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 四角形, 中院, 四邊形

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사각형, 뜰을 둘러싼 건물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 四角形, 四辺形, 中庭

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مربع, باحه بشكل مربع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מרובע, ריבוע, מלבן, חצר מרובעת במכללה, עם או בלי הבניינים סביבה‬

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